So here’s where things get weird — according to CNN Money, 40 percent of the items we import from Mexico were made in the U.S.A. And nearly 5 million jobs depend on that trade relationship, according to The Atlantic. So, as Leftover makes clear in the comments, Mexico won’t pay for that wall. We will, in the form of increased prices on the goods made there, in the form of lost jobs, all of it.

As the CNN article says, trade works both ways. I knew that. You knew that. The American president…

Elevate’s Center for the New Middle Class released a study that says that so-called “Non-Prime Americans,” who are, according to the study, “Americans with a credit score below 700, meaning that their access to credit is limited or curtailed:”

Nonprime Americans can only weather an unexpected expense of 31 percent of their monthly income. Prime, 53 percent

Nonprime Americans are significantly more likely to have lower incomes.

A bill becomes a crisis for nonprime Americans at $1,400. For Prime, it’s $2,900.

Many common expenses are above that threshold for nonprime Americans, but below it for prime Americans.

Half of nonprime Americans have an income that fluctuations month to month.

Almost half of nonprime Americans have more than three disrupting expense events a year.

Nonprime Americans can survive only half as long as prime Americans after a drop in income.

Bean, the granddaughter of L.L. Bean founder Leon Leonwood Bean, didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment Friday. She is a member of the retailer’s board and runs a lobster company called Linda Bean’s Lobster Dreams. She has run for Congress and is a big donor for Republican causes.

So word started getting around — I certainly spread the word — as a kind of (in my case) knee-jerk reaction to (in my case) a severe dislike of Donald J. Trump. (I don’t like him. Have I made that clear?)

But people started responding to the called-for boycott with stories of the apolitical nature of LL Bean. I emailed the company and got this back:

Good evening,

Thank you for taking the time to share your views. I apologize for the delay in responding.

I have forwarded your concerns to the appropriate department.

L.L.Bean does not endorse political candidates, take positions on political matters, or make political contributions. Simply put, we stay out of politics. To our customers, employees and community-partners, we regret any undue negative attention that this situation attracted. We remain steadfast, however, that the company has at all times honored our long-standing focus on our products and customers, and not partisan politics.

We hope you find this background information helpful. You are a valued customer and we hope that you will continue to support our business.

It was signed by “Jordan.” I emailed him back to thank him for his response and I am going to stand down. There are all kinds of lists circulating of businesses that don’t agree with my politics — and I have a list of my own, but I wouldn’t want to be a part of unduly vicious response. Things are getting interesting, yes?

Connecticut ranks third in the country, with its richest residents— the top five percent of households— having average incomes 17 times as large as the bottom 20 percent of households and five times as large as the middle 20 percent of households. The top five percent of Connecticut’s households receive 20 percent of the state’s income, even without counting capital gains.